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Artie White

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Artie White, blues singer, places the thumb of his left hand into his throat as he smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot photograph. He wears...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Artie White

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Artie White, blues singer, places the thumb of his left hand into his skin behind his chin as he smiles at the camera in a close-up, head-shot...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Big "Babe" Martin and the Chump Change Blues Band

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Big "Babe" Martin and the Chump Change Blues Band, is a band comprised of three African American men and two white men. Two African American men sit...

Date Published
1985
2000
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bill Hawks, Darryl Hawkins, Clifton Major, and Tommy Crab

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Bill Hawks, Darryl Hawkins, Clifton Major, and Tommy Crab stand outside an unkempt building with glass block windows and look at the camera while...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Billy Preston

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Billy Preston, rhythm and blues singer and pianist, smiles at the camera in a close-up photograph. Printed in the margin below the photograph, "Billy...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blind Boys of Alabama

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Blind Boys of Alabama, along with Sam Butler, stand in a group in front of the pipes of an organ. The Blind Boys wear light colored suits while Sam...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Blue River Ordonnance

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Blue River Ordonnance, a band comprised of one African American man and three white men, stand together with artwork surrounding them. Printed across...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bobby Bland

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Blues vocalist Bobby Bland sits and holds a cigarette between the index finger and thumb of his right hand. The thick smoke rises up the left side of...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bon Ton Soul Accordion Orchestra

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Bon Ton Soul Accordion Orchestra, a Kansas City soul band comprised of four African American men and two white men, stand in front of a backdrop, some...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Bonedaddies

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The Bonedaddies, a world beat band comprised of two African American men and five white men, sit at a table as a loose reenactment of the Last Supper...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Buck Clayton, Howard Alden, and Dan Barrett

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Buck Clayton standing with his arms around Howard Alden and Dan Barrett.

Date Published
1985
Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Buddy Guy

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Blues guitarist Buddy Guy closes his eyes and looks to the left as he plays guitar.

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Captain & the Red Hot Flames

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Captain & the Red Hot Flames is a band from Colorado comprised of four white men and one African American man. Four band members stand and smile as...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Chick Willis

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Chick Willis, an African American male blues guitarist and singer, leans forward and to the right with his legs spread wide as he plays an electric...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

City Light Orchestra

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Four men from the City Light Orchestra sit outside on a patio and smile as Ahmad Alaadeen looks at a soprano saxophone. All are wearing suits. From...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Clarence Gatemouth Brown

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Blues musician Clarence Gatemouth Brown wears a cowboy hat and a western-style shirt as he holds a fiddle in his right hand, a bow over his left...

Date Published
1985
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams holds a pipe in his mouth as he sits with a friend

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Claude "Fiddler" Williams while sitting at a table wearing casual clothing, leans his head toward the head of an unidentified African American woman...

Date Published
1981
1985
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant with three other band members on the stage performing

Image

Claude "Fiddler" Williams stands in a restaurant stage area with his fiddle tucked under his left arm and smiles at the camera. Three other...

Date Published
1981
1985
Member of
Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection

Close up photo of Jay McShann

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Head shot of Jay McShann smiling; wearing a white shirt and his gold tooth crown is seen.

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Close up photo of Jay McShann with a cigarette

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Head shot of Jay McShann smiling while smoking a cigarette; wearing a white shirt and his gold tooth crown is seen; looking to the left of the photo.

Date Published
1985
Member of
Jay McShann Collection

Cobras

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The Cobras, a blues band out of Austin, Texas, comprised of five white men, stand with Junior Williams as all smile at the camera. Printed in the...

Date Published
1985
1995
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw

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Eddie Shaw, blues saxophone player, lifts his right knee and closes his eyes as he plays a tenor saxophone. He wears a vest over a button-down shirt...

Date Published
1985
1992
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Eddie Shaw and the Wolf Gang

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Eddie Shaw, blues saxophonist, closes his eyes as he opens his mouth wide in a close-up photograph from his right side. He holds two saxophones; one...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Hank Ballard and the Midnighters

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Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, a funk, blues, and rhythm and blues vocal group of four African American men, who stand and sing at microphones at...

Date Published
1985
1990
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

Healers

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The Healers, a band comprised of three African American men and one white man. Two standing behind the two that are seated. Three put their right fist...

Date Published
1985
2004
Member of
Grand Emporium Collection

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Member of

  • Grand Emporium Collection (69)
  • Jay McShann Collection (4)
  • Claude "Fiddler" Williams Collection (2)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (2)

Types

  • photographs (77)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (67)
  • Gelatin silver prints (67)
  • Publicity photographs (65)
  • Portrait photographs (54)
  • Group portraits (21)
  • Color photographs (9)
  • Snapshots (3)
  • Negatives (1)

Time Periods

  • 1981-1990 (72)
  • 1991-2000 (27)
  • 2001-2010 (11)

Subjects

  • Blues musicians (33)
  • Singers (31)
  • Men, White (19)
  • Guitarists (18)
  • Jazz musicians (17)
  • Bands (Music) (16)
  • African American jazz musicians (15)
  • Musicians (13)
  • Guitar (9)
  • Pianists (7)
  • Reggae musicians (5)
  • Saxophonists (5)
  • Accordionists (4)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (4)
  • Jazz musicians, White (4)
  • Piano (4)
  • Zydeco musicians (4)
  • Accordion (3)
  • Fiddlers (3)
  • Cigarettes (2)
  • Crowns (Dentistry) (2)
  • Dancers (2)
  • Drum set (2)
  • Funk musicians (2)
  • Harmonica players (2)
  • Hats (2)
  • Rhythm and blues musicians (2)
  • Saxophone (2)
  • Women, White (2)
  • Actors (1)
  • African American women (1)
  • Bagpipe (1)
  • Bagpipers (1)
  • Bars (Drinking establishments) (1)
  • Bass guitarists (1)
  • Blues (Music) (1)
  • Cameras (1)
  • Cigarette smokers (1)
  • Drinking glasses (1)
  • Ethnic costume (1)
  • Gospel musicians (1)
  • Harmonica (1)
  • Keyboard players (1)
  • Microphone (1)
  • Motion picture music (1)
  • Motion pictures (1)
  • New wave music (1)
  • Railroad tracks (1)
  • Railroad yards (1)
  • Restaurants (1)
  • Smoking (1)
  • Soul musicians (1)
  • Streets (1)
  • Tents (1)
  • Violin (1)
  • Washboards (1)
  • World beat (Music) (1)
  • (-) African American men (77)

Subjects, Geographic

  • Kansas City (Mo.) (3)
  • New Orleans (La.) (1)

Subjects, People

  • Brown, Tony (Glen Antonio) (4)
  • Dawkins, Jimmy (4)
  • McShann, Jay (4)
  • Brooks, Lonnie (3)
  • Clay, Otis, 1942-2016 (2)
  • Clayton, Buck, 1911-1991 (2)
  • Huggins, Speedy, 1913-1999 (2)
  • Rockin' Dopsie, 1932-1993 (2)
  • Shaw, Eddie, 1937-2018 (2)
  • Sun Ra (2)
  • Van Buren, James (2)
  • White, Artie (2)
  • Williams, Claude, 1908-2004 (2)
  • Adams, Johnny (1)
  • Alaadeen, Ahmad (1)
  • Alden, Howard (1)
  • Ballard, Hank (1)
  • Barker, LaVerne (1)
  • Barrett, Dan (1)
  • Basse, David (1)
  • Baty, Charlie (1)
  • Bland, Bobby (1)
  • Brewer, Jim, 1920-1988 (1)
  • Brown, Clarence, 1924-2005 (1)
  • Burnside, R. L. (Rural L.), 1926-2005 (1)
  • Carliner, Mark (1)
  • Carrasco, Joe King (1)
  • Carrier, Roy (1)
  • Crab, Tommy (1)
  • Cray, Robert (1)
  • Davis, Larry, 1936-1994 (1)
  • Davis, Tyrone (1)
  • Fusco, John (1)
  • Gertz, Jami (1)
  • Guy, Buddy (1)
  • Handy, Major (1)
  • Harley, Rufus (1)
  • Hawkins, Darryl (1)
  • Hawks, Bill (1)
  • Herman, Woody, 1913-1987 (1)
  • Hill, Walter, 1942- (1)
  • Johnson, Michael E. (1)
  • Little Hatch, 1921-2003 (1)
  • Macchio, Ralph, 1961- (1)
  • Magic Slim (Musician) (1)
  • Major, Clifton (1)
  • Martin, Big Babe (1)
  • McClain, Mighty Sam (1)
  • McCracklin, Jimmy, 1921-2012 (1)
  • Morris, Jon, 1955- (1)
  • Neutzler, Wendy (1)
  • Preston, Billy (1)
  • Seneca, Joe (1)
  • Veldez (1)
  • Whitmer, Tim (1)
  • Williams, Larry Jr., 1953-1997 (1)
  • Willis, Chick (1)
  • Zinnemann, Tim (1)

Date Published

  • 1990 (31)
  • 2004 (13)
  • 1999 (5)
  • 1986 (3)
  • 1981 (2)
  • 1993 (2)
  • 1995 (2)
  • 2000 (2)
  • 1986-01 (1)
  • 1988 (1)
  • 1992 (1)
  • 1998 (1)
  • (-) 1985 (77)

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